This image is of Indian origin and is about a 100 years old, and the Indian Copyright Laws from the period dictates that any photograph automatically becomes public domain property after 50 years. American Copyright Laws would accpet it as a public domain image for reasons stated below.
Anonymous Author and Presumed Death:
This image was authored by one of the disciples of en:Sri Anandamoyi Ma who was never identified later. But, the historical context (i.e. presumed age of someone able to take a photograph in India almost a 100 years back, life span of Indian people etc.) dictates that it is safe to presume that the person has died even before WWII.
Use and Circulation:
It is fairly well-circulated among the followers of the subject as a public domain image, and is being used on the article en:Sri Anandamoyi Ma solely on educational purpose.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it meets three requirements:
it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days),
it was first published before 1 March 1989 without copyright notice or before 1964 without copyright renewal or before the source country established copyright relations with the United States,
it was in the public domain in its home country (印度) on the URAA date (1 January 1996).
For background information, see the explanation on Non-U.S. copyrights. This template applies to works first published in India. For anonymous works, photographs, cinematographic works, government works, works of corporate authorship or of international organizations, and posthumous works (other than those above), this template applies to works published before January 1, 1941, and for any other kind of work, this template applies if the author died before January 1, 1941. Please also note that this template should not be used for sound recordings.